Information display of an IO-link module

Abstract

An IO link module has at least one electrical terminal for connecting an electronic device and an electronic display device for displaying connection identification information of the at least one terminal. The display device is designed to permanently display the connection identification information free of a power supply using an electrical energy source which is independent of the IO link module.

The invention claimed is: 
     
       1. An IO-link module which has at least one electrical terminal for connecting an electronic device and an electronic display device for displaying at least one terminal identification information of the at least one terminal,
 wherein the display device is configured to permanently display the terminal identification information free from an energy supply using an electrical energy source which is independent of the IO-link module, and 
 wherein the terminal identification information can be loaded from an engineering tool into a microcontroller of the IO-link module via an IO-link connection upon initialization of the IO-link module. 
 
     
     
       2. The IO-link module according to  claim 1 , wherein the display device is formed as a bistable display device. 
     
     
       3. The IO-link module according to  claim 1 , wherein the display device is formed as a liquid crystal-based display device or as an organic light-emitting diode-based display device. 
     
     
       4. The IO-link module according to  claim 1 , wherein the display device has an input function for inputting information. 
     
     
       5. The IO-link module according to  claim 1 , wherein the terminal identification information which is displayed by the display device can be rotated depending on a spatial orientation of the IO-link module. 
     
     
       6. The IO-link module according to  claim 1 , wherein the display device is configured to display at least one information selected from the group consisting of terminal status information of the at least one terminal, configuration information of the IO-link module, information about a charge state of an energy source in the IO-link module, module-specific information, operating status information of the IO-link module and information about an operation of the IO-link module. 
     
     
       7. The IO-link module according to  claim 1 , wherein the IO-link module has a plurality of electrical terminals for connecting a corresponding electronic device, wherein the display device is configured to display terminal identification information of the terminals. 
     
     
       8. The IO-link module according to  claim 1 , wherein the IO-link module is formed as an IO-link master or as an IO-link device and/or configured to exchange information with the electronic device by wire or wirelessly. 
     
     
       9. A method for operating an IO-link module which has at least one electrical terminal for connecting an electronic device and an electronic display device for displaying terminal identification information of the at least one terminal,
 wherein the display device permanently displays the terminal identification information free from an energy supply using an external energy source which is independent of the IO-link module, and 
 wherein the terminal identification information is loaded from an engineering tool into a microcontroller of the IO-link module via an IO-link connection upon initialization of the IO-link module. 
 
     
     
       10. A non-transitory computer-readable medium containing instructions which, when executed by a microcontroller or control device, cause said microcontroller or control device to carry out each step of the method according to  claim 9 . 
     
     
       11. A control device for controlling an information display of an IO-link module which has at least one electrical terminal for connecting an electronic device and an electronic display device for displaying at least one terminal identification information of the at least one terminal, wherein the control device is configured to load the terminal identification information into a microcontroller of the IO-link module such that the display device permanently displays the terminal identification information free from supply with electrical energy using an energy source which is independent of the IO-link module. 
     
     
       12. A method for controlling an information display of an IO-link module which has at least one electrical terminal for connecting an electronic device and an electronic display device for displaying at least one terminal identification information of the at least one terminal, wherein the terminal identification information is loaded into a microcontroller of the IO-link module such that the display device permanently displays the terminal identification information free from supply with electrical energy using an energy source which is independent of the IO-link module. 
     
     
       13. An IO-link module which has at least one electrical terminal for connecting an electronic device and an electronic display device for displaying at least one terminal identification information of the at least one terminal,
 wherein the display device is configured to permanently display the terminal identification information free from an energy supply using an electrical energy source which is independent of the IO-link module, and 
 wherein the terminal identification information can be loaded from a parameter server of an IO-link master into the microcontroller of the IO-link module via an IO-link connection.